White Rose Weekend 2012 will be held in the southern North York Moors from 24th to 27th August 2012.
White Rose is UK’s premier leisure orienteering weekend offering a wide range of orienteering related activities for individuals, groups and families over a very packed weekend.
Based in North Yorkshire, White Rose weekend is one of the longest established multi-day orienteering events in the world – celebrating its 40th year in 2012.
White Rose features four days of excellent orienteering races and related activities – all based around a single campsite and assembly in a beautiful part of northern England.
Lots of Orienteers, both from UK and overseas are rediscovering the unique and enduring atmosphere of White Rose Weekend.
The first ever White Rose Weekend was organised by EBORienteers in North Yorkshire in 1972, and has been an annual event ever since – with just two years missed for unavoidable external reasons.
White Rose 2012 will provide an exclusive campsite /assembly field/parking area adjacent to the forest and competition area and from this base, we expect to organise:
- Two Classic Distance Races with prizes to aggregate winners over the two days. Courses will be available for participants of ALL LEVELS OF ABILITY.
- A short distance sprint race in an adjacent forest – hopefully with a spectator section
- A hill race
- A night score race
- A Team Score race (“Harris Relay”)
- A special maze-string event for juniors of all ages
- A Pace and Bearing competition
- The infamous White Rose Quiz
- A mountain bike score race
- White Rose barbecue
White Rose Weekend welcomes anybody with an interest in orienteering at all levels. From novices to world champions – the weekend’s activities will be organised to appeal to everyone!
